As the global economy is witnessing "synchronized slowdown", the effect is "more pronounced" this year in some of the largest emerging market economies like India, said the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva. Ms Georgieva pointed out that the...

Amid the crisis at Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC), HDFC chairman said it is "brutally unfair" we have regular loan waivers and corporate loan write-offs but no financial system to protect the common man's savings. The scam at PMC Bank has affected thousands of its depositors...

Mary Kom registered a 5-0 unanimous victory over Ingrit Valencia of Colombia in the 51kg flyweight category to enter the semifinals of the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Ulan-Ude on Thursday. Bidding for her seventh World Championships gold, Mary Kom became the only boxer,...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday formally received the Indian Air Force's first Rafale fighter jet from a series of 36 such aircraft purchased from France. Singh attended the handover ceremony along with his French counterpart Florence Parly at aircraft maker Dassault Aviation...

This Dussehra, there will be several Ravana effigies, in various parts of the country, made of plastic waste collected from cities across India. The apex body of cement plants in India announced that in collaboration with the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Ministry of Housing and Urban...